Send Now
Description
To send the message campaign at the current time and date, click the Send Now button. If the option to use dates from the Microsoft Excel© file is selected, then the campaign will be sent at the dates and times listed. If there are no dates in the Microsoft Excel© document, the messages will begin to send straight away.
Send Later
Description
Select this option if you would like all of the messages to be broadcast at a later date and time.
Details
Options to enter a future date and time will be displayed. You will be required to select the date and time for the message campaign from these options. The messages will then be stored by the InteractSMS application to be sent at the specified future date and time.
Note: A message campaign that has been scheduled to be sent at a later date may be cancelled up until the selected send later date and time. Once messages in a campaign have begun to send, the broadcast cannot be cancelled.
Confirm Campaign (Small Campaigns)
Description
After you have selected either Send Now or Send Later with a campaign to a small number of contacts, if you have also selected the Show summary? option, a popup box will appear that will ask you to confirm your campaign details before sending.
Details
This will display:
- Number of contacts: How many recipients will receive an SMS in the campaign.
- Messages to send: The total number of messages to be sent out and what will be charged for. If, for example, a message text goes over 160 characters, the number of messages to be sent will double as the contact will receive two messages.
- Send date
- Message content
If you select Cancel, the campaign will not be sent, and you will be returned to the Send campaign page to amend or update details. If the details are correct, click Confirm to continue. You will then be redirected to the dashboard, where the results of your message campaign can be viewed.
Confirm Campaign (Large Campaigns)
Description
Campaigns to a large number of contacts take a little longer to process. When you send a large campaign you will be taken to the tasks page where you can view the processing of the broadcast. For more information, see the section on Tasks.
Details
If the Show summary? box is checked, then the below task will appear. The bar will load as the broadcast is processing. Once the preparation bar has reached 100%, the broadcast has still not been sent. View all the broadcast information and if you are happy with it, click the green Confirm button to send.
If you do not want to send the campaign, click the red Cancel button.
If the Show summary? box is not checked, then the below bar will appear. Once the broadcast has finished processing you will not be asked for confirmation, it will send automatically.
